As these machines leak into every corner of our lives, they will annoy us, infuriate us, and even kill a few of us.
ALAN COOPERBecause computers have memories, we imagine that they must be something like our human memories, but that is simply not true.
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Past dreams of bliss our lives contain, And slight the chords that still retain A heart estranged to joys again,
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My computer’s memory stores a million phone numbers with perfect accuracy, but I have to stop and think to recall my own.
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Run for your lives-the computers are invading. Awesomely powerful computers tackling ever more important tasks with awkward, old-fashioned interfaces.
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To scenes by memory’s silver chain Close-linked, and ever yet apart, That like the vine, whose tendrils young Around some fostering branch have clung, Grown with its growth, as tho’ it sprung From one united heart.
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You can get spiritual things out of books and stories and they have nothing to do with religion.
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Form follows function straight to hell.
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There’s only one thing you can use against pure logic, and that’s common sense.
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It’s harder than you might think to squander millions of dollars, but a flawed software development process is a tool well suited to the job.
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It has been said that the great scientific disciplines are examples of giants standing on the shoulders of other giants.
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I’m a huge believer in putting music out as quickly as early as possible.
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A powerful tool in the early stages of developing scenarios is to pretend the interface is magic.
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It has also been said that the software industry is an example of midgets standing on the toes of other midgets.
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Because computers have memories, we imagine that they must be something like our human memories, but that is simply not true.
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Usability methods are like sandpapering a chair.
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Well madam, have you looked in the mirror and seen the state of your nose? Boxing is my excuse. What’s yours?
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